Blind-stop



(No Model.) I v T. WARREN.

BLIND STOP. No. 395,020. Patented Dec. 25,-1888.

4 unuummlnm llll UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS IVARREN, OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS.

BLIND-STOP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 395,020, dated December 25, 1888.

Application filed October 16, 1888. Serial No. 288,253. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS WARREN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Corpus Christi, in the county of Nueces and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in the Slat-Holders of W indow- Blinds; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The special object of the invention is to keep open or closed the slats of a blind by holding the slat-rod with a nut in the open slot of a tapered screw-post, as hereinafter more particularly described.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a perspective view showing my invention applied; Fig. 2, a detail view of the slotted screw; Fig. 3, a detail view of the slat-rod.

In the drawings, A represents the blindframe, in which there may be one, two, or more sections of slats, every two adjacent be ing separated by a fixed rail, 0. In this rail I fasten the post D, which tapers toward the end, and is split to form the two jaws d d and the intermediate open slot, (1. In this slot works the slat-rod E, which is locked at any desired point by turning a thumbnut, F, on the screw-post until the jaws (l (l clamp the rod.

The slat-rod may be made of two wooden pieces, ff, connected by a thin metallic piece, f, or in any other way, so as to conveniently pass between the jaws (l d of the screw-post.

The sections of the blind may be more or less in number, and the slat-rod made of a corresponding length, so as to connect with the slats of each section. The slats themselves may be pivoted in the frame in any preferred way.

Having thus described all that is necessary to a full understanding of my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to protect by Letters Patent, is-

In blind-stops, the rod F, consisting of two parts, f f, connected by a thin piece of metal, f, in combination with a blind provided with a median open-slotted tapering screw and thumb-nut, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS \VARREN.

\Vitnesses:

J. M. WHITE, R. G. BLossMAN. 

